Retention of human skin fibroblast fatty acid modifications during maintenance culture |
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Authors: | Arthur A Spector Gerene M Denning Lynn L Stoll |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Basic Sciences Building, 52242 Iowa City, IA;(2) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, 52242 Iowa City, Iowa |
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Abstract: | Summary The fatty acid composition of cultured human skin fibroblasts was modified by adding either oleic or linoleic acid to the
growth medium. After the cultures became confluent, they were washed and transferred to different maintenance media in order
to determine the stability of the various fatty acyl modifications. Some changes in fatty acid composition occurred under
all conditions. When the maintenance medium was supplemented with fatty acid, the cellular neutral lipid and phospholipid
fatty acyl composition were altered markedly within 16 to 24 hr. If no supplemental fatty acid was available during the maintenance
period, however, the modified fatty acyl compositions were sufficiently retained so that appreciable differences between the
cells enriched with oleate and linoleate persisted for at least 48 to 72 hr. This considerable degree of stability occurred
when either 10% delipidized fetal bovine serum or 10% fetal bovine serum containing its inherent lipids were present in the
maintenance medium. Although the triglyceride content of the fatty acid-modified cells was quite labile, neither the cholesterol
nor phospholipid content changed appreciably during culture in any of the maintenance media. Since the fatty acid compositional
differences persisted during several days of maintenance under certain conditions, these modified cultures appear to be a
useful experimental system for assessing the effect of lipid structure on fairly long-term cellular functions.
This work was supported by Arteriosclerosis Specialized Center of Research Grant HL14230 from the National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
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Keywords: | phospholipids triglycerides cholesterol linoleic acid polyunsaturated fats |
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